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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912

Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 155

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153 was to be invited in honor of the victory of the party. 1 In the house Mr McKinley exhibited the same interest in the public land question. He introduced a project of his own whereby all public lands should be sold for 75 cents an acre, unless it had been offered for sale for five years: then it should be sold for 50 cents an acre by a series of time extensions and a proportional decrease in prices the land finally should revert to the state.2 Mr. McKinley supported the president in his action regarding the bank. After this term in the house expired he was appointed one of the justices of the United States supreme court. 1. Niles Register Vol 46 p. 442 2. Congressional Debates Vol 11 p 783
 
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